Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on why a species recovered
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The otter's return to the river is the result of the 1990s ban on the pesticides that had poisoned its food.
Text 2
The pesticide ban was necessary but not sufficient. Otters returned only after the river's banks were replanted in 2005, giving them cover to rest and breed; on stretches left bare, they are still absent.
Based on the texts, the two authors would most likely agree that ____
- A. the pesticide ban played a part in the otters' return.Correct
- B. replanting the banks was unnecessary.
- C. otters have returned to every stretch of the river.
- D. the pesticide ban had no effect.
Answer: A. the pesticide ban played a part in the otters' return.
Text 2 calls the ban necessary.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. replanting the banks was unnecessary.
- Text 2 says the return followed replanting.
- C. otters have returned to every stretch of the river.
- Text 2 says bare stretches are still empty.
- D. the pesticide ban had no effect.
- Text 2 calls the ban necessary.
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